Third Party in strife … Mile long delays for medical assessments … NSW judicial officer fires back with lengthy screed … Improper process … Parliamentary committee spanks judge … Failure to recuse … Theodora reports
Red Sea tempest
Archive Tuesday, March 7, 2023Legal eruptions in Israel … Spurious justification for usurping the authority of the Supreme Court … Judicial review rendered useless … Bibi’s “home free” card … Neutering the constitution … New mechanism for politicised judicial appointments … Black Robes on the barricades … Max Shanahan reports
Red Sea tempest
Archive Tuesday, March 7, 2023Legal eruptions in Israel … Spurious justification for usurping the authority of the Supreme Court … Judicial review rendered useless … Bibi’s “home free” card … Neutering the constitution … New mechanism for politicised judicial appointments … Black Robes on the barricades … Max Shanahan reports
Delays, fees and rubbish removal
Archive Friday, February 24, 2023Another two year judgment delay from WA’s Hill J … Claims of clarity and recollection need reworking … Rebooting the AAT … Barrister champing at the bit for his (reduced) fees … Theodora’s Goings On
Land, lots of land under starry skies above
Archive Thursday, February 23, 2023HWL Ebsworth found to be negligent in arrangements for massive land deal in western Sydney … Quantum of damages yet to be determined … Loss of opportunity to develop the land … Failure to amend joint venture agreement in accordance with plaintiffs’ instructions … Don’t fence me in
UN locked out of prison
Archive Tuesday, February 21, 2023United Nations human rights brigade pulls the plug on Australian prison inspections … NSW’s law ‘n’ order agenda threatened by Convention Against Torture … Obstructions … Commonwealth-State funding dispute … Max Shanahan reports on the latest embarrassment
The Eagle has landed
Archive Thursday, February 16, 2023Fees please … Barrister’s billing sliced and diced as unfair and unreasonable … Judge unhappy with thousands of pages of documents … Associated costs blowout … Max Shanahan reports
Fresh despair
Archive Friday, February 10, 2023Another sexually harassing judge under secret scrutiny … Death of Robin Speed – what now for the Law of Rulers Institute? … Averting the Republic of Gilead – the Law Reform Commission steps up … Theodora reports